U.S. Postal Service (USPS) officials assured Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) today that downtown customers in Lakewood will have their retail postal services met at a new Contract Postal Unit (CPU) scheduled to open in the coming weeks at 218 Clifton Ave. in Lakewood. “District Manager Mark Anderson and Postmaster Al Barbato made the commitment today that the postal needs of the downtown customers will continue to be met under the new retail CPU to be established a block away from the current po... Read more

BY TRENTON TIMES STAFF WRITER MIKE DAVIS -- Local officials on Monday night laid out the facts of the case of a 4-year-old Yardville Elementary School preschool student, who died of an unidentified respiratory illness last week. At times, the crowd of nearly 100 people, made up of parents from throughout the Hamilton school district, erupted in choruses of criticism. Other times, they politely applauded when discussing the family of the deceased student. “This is a heartwrenching time for all of... Read more

By Chris Smith - In New Jersey it is estimated that more than 55,000 individuals have reported cases of Lyme over the past 15 years. According to recent data, 96 percent of Lyme disease cases were reported from 13 states, and New Jersey was third highest. Last year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced what those in the Lyme disease community already knew: Only 10 percent of cases were being reported and the actual number of Lyme cases is over 300,000 — not 30,000 as CDC had p... Read more

Bipartisan legislation to address global hunger and improve agriculture in the world’s poorest countries has been introduced in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by Republican Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), chairman of the House panel that oversees global health initiatives, and cosponsored by lead Democrat, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), HR 5656, “The Feed Future Global Food Security Act” is designed to combat hunger and malnutrition and enable countries to feed their own people in t... Read more

An American doctor who contracted Ebola and survived, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other witnesses testified at a hearing held by the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa and global health subcommittee, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04). “We live in a world that is increasingly interconnected, and Ebola has demonstrated that our neighbor’s problems can soon become our problems,” said Smith convened the hearing, entitled “Global Efforts t... Read more

A government report that health plans sold under Obamacare cover early termination of pregnancies puts the lie to President Barack Obama's promise — backed by federal law — that Affordable Care Act coverage would not extend to abortions, a furious Rep. Chris Smith told Newsmax TV on Wednesday. The finding by the non-partisan Government Accountabilty Office (GAO) — that abortion is covered by dozens of health plans nationwide — "is worse than what we could've ever imagined, and it adds another bi... Read more

By Washington Post reporter Abby Phillip September 16 -- Most of the insurance companies surveyed by the Government Accountability Office did not bill separately for the cost of abortion coverage, which is a requirement in the Affordable Care Act. In a report released on Tuesday that was commissioned by Republican lawmakers, the GAO reported that of 18 health insurance providers, 17 did not comply with that part of the law. This policy was a key reason some anti-abortion Democrats agreed to sign... Read more

By Wall Street Journal Reporter Stephanie Armour, Sept. 16, 2014 11:44 a.m. ET Some insurance plans available through the Affordable Care Act are breaking rules aimed at ensuring federal funds aren't use to cover most abortions, according to a federal report. The Affordable Care Act bars the use of federal funds made available to consumers through subsidies and tax credits for certain abortions. The restriction doesn't apply to pregnancies that are the result of rape, incest or where the life of... Read more

Despite a promise President Obama made to lawmakers and the American public in a special joint session of Congress on healthcare reform that “under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion” a new report released by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today documents massive new public funding of abortion in the President’s healthcare law. “In an 11th hour ploy to garner a remnant of pro-life congressional Democrats absolutely needed for passage of ObamaCare,... Read more

Despite a promise President Obama made to lawmakers and the American public in a special joint session of Congress on healthcare reform that “under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion” a new report released by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today documents massive new public funding of abortion in the President’s healthcare law. “In an 11th hour ploy to garner a remnant of pro-life congressional Democrats absolutely needed for passage of ObamaCare... Read more